Top half of body now more or less routed to shape. Bottom half marked out showing what the neck joint will look like. I did bust off a chunk of the lower horn routing the top (now glued back in place), so need to be a little more careful! Need to route a control cavity and sound chamber in the top, and then time to start work on adding a little shape.

Big day today! Glued the front an back panels together. I've routed out the sound chamber and the control cavity. You can see the pencil line around the control cavity where the control plate will cover. I haven't decided if I will recess that yet. I have also drilled the ducts for wires from the pickups into the control cavity, and an earth wire duct from under the bridge to the control cavity.

Showing a bit of bling! Fitted the control plate and have gone with gold volume and tone tone knobs. there is still a bit of extra wood on the bottom of the neck joint. I need to fit the neck before removing that. Just waiting for the screws and plates to arrive so I can do that.

Controls all wired up now. Just need to add in the wires to the pickups and the ground to the bridge. I got some nice vintage style wired (with a braided sheath) in the kit with the pots. Looks and feels great, but was a pain to strip.